Most corals are colonial animals - superorganisms comprising lots of smaller organisms - made up of multitudes sea anemone-like coral polyps. In the reef-building "hard corals", the polyps sit in ...

Island reefs are home to some of the most amazing underwater sights. They are made by coral polyps and are key to coral reef ...

It’s going! It’s going!” someone shouts. We hurry up a short flight of steps to an illuminated aquarium tank hidden behind a ...

Our Planet, the incredible new documentary series narrated by Sir David Attenborough, explores the beauty of life on Earth and highlights the threats that we pose to it. In the coastal seas episode, ...

The accounting includes 536 types of coral (more than half the world’s species) and about 900 species of reef fish. Marvels small (the pygmy seahorse, so tiny it can fit on a pinkie fingernail ...

Scientists studying coral after a heat event discovered that extreme temperature rises decayed reefs much more rapidly than previously thought. They published their findings in the journal Current ...

Record ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaching “catastrophic” levels ...

Situated between Cairns and Port Douglas, The Great Barrier Reef Foundation, in partnership with Qantas, has launched ...

Ocean Park Hong Kong has launched a coral restoration centre to rebuild reefs in the city’s southern waters while educating the next generation about marine conservation. The new facility ...